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Lost ESA after moving house

Hi,
My son has just moved to a house with his girlfriend. She is a nurse with 'standard' nurse's income. He has been on ESA (mental and physical health issues) and PIP. He indicated change of address and circumstances and seems to have lost his ESA. He had no idea this would happen as he just cannot work and surely he is not now regarded as being looked after by his girlfriend?
My son has just moved to a house with his girlfriend. She is a nurse with 'standard' nurse's income. He has been on ESA (mental and physical health issues) and PIP. He indicated change of address and circumstances and seems to have lost his ESA. He had no idea this would happen as he just cannot work and surely he is not now regarded as being looked after by his girlfriend?
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Thank you. Some advice would be very useful. I usually help him with filling in forms etc. but i don't want to start doing lots of forms which may be unnecessary or even unhelpful. I have told him to go to Citizens advice a.s.a.p. to get help first (we live 60 miles away now). He is getting in a real state about it all (no money!) and i would like to be able to give him a dose of optimism.
Basically situation is:
He has been on ESA for about 2 years (mental health issues, substance abuse). He also has long term issues with a bad foot which means that he cannot stand/walk for more than an hour or so and then needs to rest it for a day. He is just about to embark on medical intervention on this which will last for a year and reduce his mobility further at intervals. His ESA was, i think £360 a fortnight + PIP at about £220 a month. Then , of course, Housing + C. tax.
Now he has moved in to a new place with able bodies partner who is on about £16,000 a year.
What sort of benefits will he be entitled to if he makes his case in the new authority?